Andy Wigley

Happy New Year to everyone! We start 2013 with a Windows Phone competition that is being run by Core77, Inc. and Microsoft. Now You Can Change the Future Challenge ends February 3, 2013 Design an app for Windows Phone that showcases how to create, connect...

The videos for last weeks’ two days of demo-packed fun that was the Windows Phone 8 Jump Start are now available online. So if you missed the event, or part of it, or were there and want to watch it all over again, you can find them in one of these two...

Show us that you’re a game changer and collect points every step of the way to redeem rewards like a brand new Windows 8 RT Slate. Create the next app phenomenon by building your original and unique Windows Store and/or Windows Phone App. Get recognised...

In my previous post on this topic, Async and Await for Http Networking on Windows Phone , I described how you can use extension methods to create awaitable methods on the WebClient and HttpWebRequest APIs. Courtesy of Microsoft’s .NET Framework team,...

One of the really great ways that apps in Windows Phone can connect with the user is by supporting Live Tiles – tiles that are more than just a quick launcher, but instead get updated with timely, specific information to connect the user with the data...

From now until  June 30th, 2013, we are running a competition aimed at developers who have built PhoneGap apps and published in other stores – for example, Apple iTunes, Google Play, Blackberry World, Bada, Symbian, or Palm OS – to take any of their...

Having just completed the Windows Phone 8 JumpStart, you might think I would be totally focused on helping our developer community to incorporate some of the great Windows Phone 8 features into their phone apps. Well I am – but we also want to focus on...

And another great Windows Phone competition to get started with 2013! Though I have to admit, I’m a bit late with publicising this one… sorry! Nokia and Windows Phone Geek have teamed up to offer the LUMIA GEEK 8-WEEK CHALLENGE. There’s only ….ahem… less...

Microsoft has launched a new contest with a very special top prize – featured placement of the winner’s app in a Windows Phone Primetime TV ad which will be broadcast in the U.S. There are many other prizes such as Nokia Lumia 920 phones and Dev Center...

Using async and await for executing long-running operations such as networking calls has many benefits: your code is much cleaner and easier to maintain, the result is automatically marshalled back to the originating thread so you don’t need to use Dispatcher...

www.appbuilder-rewards.co.uk Show us that you’re a game changer and collect points every step of the way of your app building journey to redeem rewards like a brand new Lenovo Tablet 2. Create the next app phenomenon by building your original and unique...

Hi, and welcome to the new home of my blog. I started working for Microsoft as a technical evangelist a few weeks ago. In this blog, I will write on topics that will mostly be tips and techniques to help developers build apps for Windows Phone devices...

With Windows Phone 8 SDK being released around two weeks ago, we are getting a lot of people wondering when we are going to run a Windows Phone 8 DevCamp to get you up to speed on the new dev features. Wonder no more! The first Windows Phone 8 DevCamps...

Windows 8 is all about simplicity, for that reason we have decided to cancel this weekend’s event and combine it with a global event that is taking place in Seattle on the 14th and 15th of December. This 2 day event will start at 5pm on the 14th and will...

In all the wave of Windows Phone news recently, it may have missed your attention that Mobile Operator billing is expanding. If a user is on one of the mobile operators listed below, the user can make Store purchases using their mobile account. Another...